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Lieutenant JOHN HOLMES THORNTON

Service Number: 177518
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY

IX, D. 9.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank Ernest and Ruth Jane Thornton, of Burnley, Lancashire. A.C.I.S.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF FRANK E. AND THE LATE RUTH J.THORNTON OF BURNLEY, LANCS.
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 949
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